MORNING ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1912.
LLOYD WILLIAMS
STRANGELY GONE
(Continued from page 1)
cars have been questioned but not
one remembers seeing him on a car,
and, of course, do not know whether
he made the transfer at the Golf
Links as he had planned.
Mr. Williams is one of the best
known and most popular young men
in Clackamas County. His father,
Eli Williams, was a pioneer and lived
in Estacada for many years. He sub
sequently moved to Oregon City a.ad
was the County Assessor for two
terms. The son was educated here,
and several years ago he became a
deputy in the County Recorder's of
fice. He was elected recorder two
years ago, and has made a capable
official.
The day before his disappearance
Mr. Williams filed his petitions as a
candidate for the Republican nomina
tion for Recorder and Informed his
friends that he expected to be re
elected. He had only one opponent
for the nomination and so convinced
were the Democrats that he would be
elected there was no landidate for the
Democratic nomination. The fact that
he was so confident of his re-election,
in connection with his fondness for
his family and his freedom from trou
ble of any kind, is considered strong
argument in favor' of the theory that
he has been drowned or slain. His
friends scout the idea that he has de
serted his family because of his in
tense interest in his wife and child
ren. Besides being an Elk, Mr. Williams
is a Mason, a Knight of Pythias, and
is a member of several other organi
zations. He is a member of the Com
mercial Club, and always took a deep
interest in the welfare of the city and
county.
" Mrs. Williams, who is a deputy in
the Recorder's offic, although border
ing on prostration as a result of her
husband's strange disappearance, has
attended to his business affairs since
his departure. His mother, Mrs. Eli
Williams, of Portland, came here Wed
neday night and is eagerly awaiting
any news of her son. She also is
almost prostrated. Mr. Williams is
about 35 years of age.
Pigtails In England.
It Is not so very long since the pig
tail disappeared not merely from the
army and navy, but even from every
day civilian life in England. Vt'aist
long pigtails were the fashionable wear
In England about 1740, and before that
the bag', wig had been adorned with
a pigtail looped up in a black silk bag.
As late as lSiiS an old gentleman was
seen in Cheapside with his gray hair
tied behind in a short cue. and even
today we can find a relic of the pig
tail, for the three pieces of black vel-.
vet on the dress tunics of officers in
the Royal Welsh fusiliers are the re
mains of the ribbon with which the
cue was tied. London Chronicle.
She Surrendered.
"Do you know," he said, "that every
time I look at you I have thoughts of
revenge?"
- "Why?" she gasped.
"Because," he answered, "revenge is
sweet"
Then she told him she thought to
morrow would be a good time to see
papa. London Telegraph.
The Spider
And the Fly
By HELEN BELL
"Mildred, are you going to keep me
dangling for ever? Why not put me
but of my misery by telling me you
won't marry me and have done with
it?'
"I have no such idea." she replied.
"Why not?"
"Oh, It's very nice to have some one
to be devoted to me, to bring me can
dy and violets and all that."
This was irot the reason, at least the
sole reason, why she kept him dan
gling. The main one was to put it
figuratively he 'was a ripe pear hang
ing from a tree and there was another
girl under the tree waiting for him to
drop. He didn't know that she knew
about this other girl, but he did know
he wished to drop into the other girl's
mouth. He was committed to the one
he was talking to and trying t have
her shake the tree , while the other
girl stood ready to catch him when he
fell.
"I tell you what we'll do," be said.
"I'm tired of this business. I can't
sleep nights. Sometimes I think you
are going to make me happy, and some
times I think you aren't. If I knew
you wouldn't have me I'd try to for
get you. Let's stop this indecision and
decide the matter by chance."
"How by chance?"
"Well, we might play a game of
cards for it. Make it euchre. If I
beat you the best three games in five
you give me 'Yes' for "an answer; if
you beat me three out of five you say
'No.'"
"I don't care; get out the cards."
- He was not only an expert at the
game of euchre, but an expert at deal
ing the cards. He could stack them,
too, without half trying. He threw
the cards for the deal and won it
Dealing, he turned up a nine spot. She
passed, and he turned it down. She
made it spades and won two points.
He heaved a sigh from down in his
stomach. She dealt and . turned a
knave. He passed. She took it up
and won another two points. He
groaned. The deal being his, he turn
ed a ten spot, took it up and lost the
game.
"What did you take it up on that
hand for?" she asked. "You had only
two trumps, an ace and a queen, with
nothing back."
. He looked a trifle confused. "You
were so near out," he explained, "that
I thought I'd better plunge."
She said nothing, but knit her brows,
then drew down the corners of her
mouth.
The second game he won. He didn't
intend to win it. but she sent him for
the last box of candy he had sent her,
and while he was out she stacked the
cards, dealing him a hand with five
trumps in it, including two bowers and
an ace.
He feigned merriment, but she was
not deceived.
Then he won a game, and she won
a game, and it stood two games for
each. Beginning the deciding game,
he dealt and turned a queen.
"I don't see any use of your turning
a queenfromthehottom of the pack,"
she said, "when there was a jack on
top." ' -
To prove her words she turned the
first card he had dealt her. It was the
knave of clubs.
"How stupid of me," he said. "1
thought to get an advantage and I got
a backset. It's no use for me to cheat."
"It's no U3e unless you have a softy
for an opponent. Deal . the hand
again."
. He knew that she was watching
him with the eye of a cat' There
was no use trying to deal himself good
hands or her poor ones. The luck
was in his favor, or. rather, consider
ing what he was trying to do, against
him. ... It was impossible to lose. He
was obliged to win.
"Oh, my darling!" he exclaimed,
"How happy I am!" But there was
no great warmth in his tone.
"Do you mean to hold me after
cheating?"
"I cheat! I made a mess of that
and lost by It, though I gained in the
main. Still, if you feel that I have
taken an unfair advantage of you'"
"Oh. no. Everything is fair in war
and in love." There was a deep mean
ing in her tone when she said this.
He winced. He had started with that
idea, but had come out at the little
end of the horn. ,
"Suppose." he said musingly, "we
play a single game double or quits?"
"What do you mean by that?"
"Either you marry me tonight or
not at all."
She 'thought awhile, turning the
proposition over in her mind, then
said she believed she'd do it.
They played the game, but she
caught him trying to get rid of a con
pie of bowers and insisted on his
playing his original hand. By this
time she had learned to turn a low
card in dealing -from the bottom of
the pack. These two matters, taken
together, gave him the game.
She considered not that she had
beaten him. but her rival. She led
him to the slaughter at once.
They lived a cat and dog-life for a
couple of years, when they secured a
divorce, he paying her a fine alimony.
Then he married the girl who &ad
waited for him to drop. It was rather
a roundabout way of securing happi
ness, but in the end all were bene
fited. Had the fl- extricated itself
from the spider's web one of the three
would have been at a disadvantage
As it was it was an equitable transaction.
consoling.
Elderly Wooer I hope you are not
impressed by the silly sentimentalists
who hold that because you've married
once you ought not to marry again?
Pretty Widow Don't let that worry
you. dear. I've no such prejudice. My
own dear mother was married three
times, and I only hope that in all
things I may follow her exanjple.
How It Seems to Him.
Jack They say that a dynamo or
anything that attracts will affect one's
watch. Tom That's right. Whenever
I call on an attractive young lady my
watch goes like the deuce. Boston
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lingers.
A worthless dog and and a bad repu
tation are hard things to lose. Chicago
Record-Herald.
Milady's
JVKvror
Care of the Skin.
When the complexion is sallow or
there is a tendency to spots and blotch
es facial massage will do much to im
prove matters. This massage is most
effective when it follows steaming or
washing the face in tot water and
can only be done at night
Dip the tips of the fingers in a good
cold cream and rub it into the skin
with a gentle, circular motion, taking
care to stroke across, not down any'
lines that exist, and not omitting the
hollows about the eyes and nose.
Stroke upward from'beneath the chin.
This tends to reduce a double chin
and round out a thin face.
Massage until the last trace of cream
has vanished. In the morning bathe
with cold or tepid water and dust with
prepared oatmeal, which prevents red
ness and roughness.
This massage improves the circula
tion as well as cleansing the skin, but
one must remember that it is neces
sary to have good health before one
can be sure of a good, clear complex
ion. Diet has a great effect on the appear
ance, so if the skin is oily it is neces
sary to avoid all rich and greasy food.
Wiping the face occasionally with di
luted eau de cologne is beneficial In
the case of an oily skin, and lemon
juice is excellent for cleansing pur
poses. A few drops of ammonia or a
pinch of borax in the water with which
the face is washed is also helpful.
If there is a tendency to superfluous
hair on the face care must be taken
what cream is used. The continued
use of peroxide of hydrogen will light
en the growth, but nothing permanent
ly removes the hair but electrolysis.
A good plan, however, for those who
cannot afford this method is to perse
vere with the use of peroxide, apply
ing it several times daily and placing
a little pad- of cotton wool damped
with the peroxide on the place affect
ed at night
This weakens the growth and makes
it easier to remove the hair with
tweezers, an operation which must
also be repeated daily, but for a t'me
is effectual:
These methods need perseverance,
and they do not effect a permanent
eure. But it is worth while taking
trouble to reduce such . a disfiguring
and trying affliction.
It is quite easy and far more eco
nomical to make one's own creams
and toilet mixtures. And. for another
thing, one can then be sure that ail in
gredients are harmless and of best
quality only. -
Here are some simple recipes:
A GOOD MASSAGE CREAM.
Lanolin , 254 ounces
Spermaceti 6 drams
White vaseline ounce
Cocoanut oil 2 ounces
Sweet almond oil 2 ounces
Tincture of benzoin y, dram
Melt the first five ingredients togeth
er and heat until the mass stiffens,
adding the benzoin, drop by drop, dur
ing this process.. Violet or other ex-
LOWER ELECTRIC RATE
As a result of economic methods and the acquirement of additional facilities, the
PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER COMPANY takes a great deal of pleasure
In announcing to the citizens of Oregon City and the surrounding territory an import
ant reduction In its electric light and power rates. - .
IMPORTANT
It has been the constant policy of the Company to give good service at reason.
able rates. The Company is more Interested than anybody else in building up a bigger,
busier and better Portland, and it fully recognizes the important Influence of low rates
and good service. The new lighting rate is 9, 7 and 4c per kilowatt hour. Details of
this reduction and the conditions involved can be secured upon application at any of
the Company's offices. Several months will be required to change over the 31,000 ac
counts which this reduction In lighting rates will affect.. In order that our patrons may
be put to the least possible Inconvenience, new contracts will be mailed beginning May
1st. The Company earnestly requests" that these be signed, witnessed and returned to
the Company's representative In Oregon City as promptly as possible, thus avoiding
the possibility of waiting in line at the office.
Portland Railway, Light
and Power Company
MAIN OFFICE SEVENTH & ALDER STS.
PHONES MAIN 6688 AND A. 6131.
tract can be added if liked.
COLD CREAM FOR THE FACE.
Ounces.
Rosewater 2
Almond oil 4
Spermaceti 1
White wax .'...1
Mix as above with any favorite perfume.
get
An Important Guest.
"That banquet tonight can't
along without me."
"You have a very" good opinion of
yourself. Billed for a speech?".
"No; I was invited to listen." Kan
sas City Journal. ' " '
me fiimerprise automobile contest
is the most popular thing ever pulled
off in the Willamette Valley;'
The time to read the Morning En
terprise is at the breakfast table or
a little before.
Watch the automobile contest.
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Get Busy for Yourself
What can be won with a little
work a fine prfce every JO days
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To what people ate saying and
yot will see how popular yot are
THEN GET IN AND WIN
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to you
To stimulate interest in the voting and o give each one a chance fo profit by their
work we will give a prize every ten days. These prizes will not affect , the fina'
count in any way as all votes will count on
THE pAND AUTOMOBILE
These prizes will be given to the one that hands n the largest number of votes
very ten days., , 7
The Fourth Special Prize for the best 10 days showing
will be an order on some local merchant. This order
is good for anything in his store worth up to 415.00 or
can be applied on a larger account. This order had
ought to be worth every effort you can put forth.